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Whatever jokes or thoughts Reiko may have been having, Aria chose to ignore them. It wasn’t like her mind was closed off to her, a fact the mage would be well aware of. [color=bc8dbf]“There’s no need to be shy around me. I assure you, I’m much more approachable than my friend over here,”[/color] she said in relation to the half-elf’s timid thoughts. Before she could freak out, Aria made sure to smile again.

[color=bc8dbf]“Vice Principal, why don’t you go on ahead of us? You can save me some of the leftover sweets,”[/color] she said to Reiko, noting how uncomfortable Tina felt with the woman around. After all, it would do neither of them any good to scare their students outright on the first day. Once the Scarlet Sage had taken her leave, she walked in the same direction, albeit at a slower pace.

[color=bc8dbf]“We were going to the cafeteria anyway and it’s better to walk to places among friends,”[/color] she told Tina, humming lightly as she did so. She would be as fast or as slow as she needed to be, more so for the student’s sake. There was no rush and it wasn’t like the cafeteria would run out of food; Lotte would make sure of that. [color=bc8dbf]“You see Tina, I’m an esper. I’m able to read minds through telepathy. It’s how I keep in touch with everyone here in Hikari.”[/color]

An Esper? Well, that certainly explained how she was able to know things that were unsaid. But to be able to span herself throughout all the minds of student and staff alike? It was some hefty power to be wielded; no doubt why she was called the Head Magister. Hopefully Tina would be amazed by the explanation because it always made Aria smile to see youth in their excitement.

But all good things must come to an end. With the positive came the negative, the fantasy crushed by reality. And just as much as Aria had hoped this first day of school would go perfect, something had gone wrong. The piercing shriek that echoed across the school was proof of that much, silencing still a good majority of conversations taking place. The Head Magister halted in her step, smile dissolving as she moved her head in the direction of the scream.

Something was very, very wrong. As she felt the life departing from this world, Aria would feel that wrongness start to overwhelm her. How had this happened? A student had died on school grounds. Her school. And it needed to be dealt with quickly. Passing blame could be handled for another time; right now, keeping the students from panicking was the best method to follow.

[i][color=bc8dbf]“Akane, Aster, I want you to make sure there’s no pandemonium among the students. Especially the First Years. Yurius, Lotte, Mitsu, I want you to make sure the entrances are guarded. Tholl, I want you to investigate the disturbance near the forest behind the school. Reiko, you will come with me to the scene.”[/color][/i]

Her orders given, she turned a very serious look at Tina. [color=bc8dbf]“I’m afraid lunch is going to have to wait Tina. Please go with the other students. The staff will take care of this matter.”[/color] With a small nod to her, Aria turned away and briskly headed in the direction of the crime. For at the very back of the school where the woods grew thick and the trees grew plenty, someone or something had sinned greatly. A student, freshly red and mauled, lay strewn about in the outskirts of the campus. It was disturbingly close to where a mister Trey Black was playing his guitar.